Liam john whiting



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. J. CARTER 8: W. J; WHITING.

REVOLVER.

Patented July 15, 1890.

7 INVENTORS WITNESS (No Model.)

J. CARTER & W. J; WHITING.

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REVOLVER. ,No. 432,369. Patented July 15, 1890.

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JOHN CARTER AND \VILLIAM JOHN \VHITING, OF BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND,ASSIGNORS TO THOMAS .lVILLIAM VEBLEY AND HENRY WVEBLEY, OF

SAME PLACE.

REVOLVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 432,369, dated July 15,1890.

Application filed March 14, 1889. Serial No. 303,811. (No model.)Patented in England April 18, 1888, No. 5,778, and in Belgium January31,1889, No. 63,294.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known thatwe, JOHN CARTER and WIL- LIAM JOHN WHITING,pistol-action filers, subjects of the Queen of Great Britain, andresiding at Bracebridge Street, Astonj uxta, Birmin gham, En gland, haveinvented certain new ,and useful Improvements in Revolvers and otherRepeater Small-Arms, (for which applications have been made in GreatBritain, dated the 18th day of April, 1888, No. 5,778, and in Belgium,dated the 31st day of January, 1889, initial No. 63,294,) and we dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which form part of this specification.

This invention relates to revolvers and other like repeater small-arms,as hereinafter described.

Figure 1 represents, partly in vertical section and partly in elevation,a solid-frame concealed-hammer revolver with a free moving cylinderconstructed and arranged according to our invention. Fig. 2 is a frontelevation of the spring and stay. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same.Fig. 4 is an'elevation, and Fig. 5 is a plan view, of the second cylinder-stop. Fig. (i is a side view of the trigger, and Fig. 7 a top viewof the same. Fig. 8 is a side view, partially in section, of a modifiedconstruction of fire-arms embodyingourinvention. Fig. 9 is a side viewof thetrigger. Fig. 10 is a top view of the same. Fig. 11 is a side Viewof the second cylinder-stop, and Fig. 11 a plan view of the same. Fig.12 is an end view, Fig. 13 a side view, and Fig. 14 a top view, of thestay.

a. is a chambered and free-working cylinder turning upon a central axisand moving within the rectangular-shaped recess 6 of the solid frame 1),whose stock, furniture, and trigger-guard are made in OUQgPlGOG with it,while the fore part carries a barrel 0, whose bore becomes coincidentwith the chambers of the free cylinder when the same is rotated for thebringing of its chambers into position for firing. The chamberedcylinder has a centrally-disposed ratchet-faced annulus d at the middleof its rear end, and with the teeth of which said annulus the upper endof a lifter e engages.

The cylinder a has double-stop recesses f g, with which cylinder -stopsh Z engage. The stop 71, is an upper extension of the trigger-blade kgof the trigger h, while the stop I, which is an upwardly-directed arm,turns .upon apivot or axis Z, common to both stop and trigger. The underside of the stopZ has facets or flats Z Z, upon which the free end of aspring on takes its bearing.

The lifter e is jointedly connected to the rear top side h3 of thetrigger-blade 7L2 by an outstanding arm 6 with a flat c at its top side,upon which the free end of the standside limb of the mainspring takesits bearing.

The mainspring, which is marked i, has a threaded stay i with its lowershank end fixedly secured to the stand-side limb a, while the upper endof the said shank passes loosely through an eye f near the end of thetop limb i of the said spring.

The upper end of the said stay has a head 2', which works within a gap3' at the rear lower side of the hammer j, whose extreme lower part hasa heel or short arm j with a bent or notch j made in its under side, andwherein the extreme free end of the limb 1' of the spring 2' engageswhen the hammer is at cock, and upon the under side of which said heelthe free end of the spring presses rearwardly of the joint for throwingthe hammer forward on the discharge of the arm. The stem of the stayworks freely, as aforesaid, through a hole in the top limb, so that 011the lower limb, which rests upon the flat c of the arm 6 of the liftere, rising by the upward movement of the trigger-blade the stay which iscarried by the limb of the spring moves with it.

The action of the arm is as follows: The pulling of the trigger turns itrearward upon its pivot or center and takes the second cylinder-stop Zfrom out of the second cylinderstop recess g, and also raises the liftere, which turns the cylinder round upon-its axis to the extent of achamber, and with the bore of the said chamber coincident with that ofthe barrel, and when in this position-viz., ready for firing the firstcylinder-stop h has passed into a first cylinder-stop recess f, and thesecond cylinder-stop Z has fled back (as hereinafter described) into thesecond cylinder-stop 5 recess f g, so that the cylinder is held at twopoints during firing. From this it will be seen that the cylinder duringfiring is held at two points and at other positions (save when rotating)at one, and the holding at one point is to prevent the cylinder rotatingby itself or without action when a portion of the chambers aredischarged. Thus the pulling of the trigger takes the No. 1cylinder-stop from its recess, (which flies back again after I5 acertain movement,) raises the lifter, and

takes the other cylinder-stop into its recess after the lifter hasturned the cylinder to the desired extent, and, further, the lifter inrising causes its arm c to compress and lift the lower limb i of thespring i, and so thereby elevate the stay so as to bring the head ithereof upon the top side or shoulder of the recess 9' of the hammer j,and there exert pressure upon the back of the hammer, which 2 5 leversthe extreme end of the limb i from out of the bentj of the arm 7' andbrings the full force of the spring upon the heel or arm rear of thejoint-pin, which throws the hammer,

strikes the detonate of the cartridge, and then 0 rebounds on pressurebeing relieved from the said trigger. The rebounding of the hammer iseffected by the trigger resuming its normal position by the springspressure exerted upon it, which causes the head of the stay, which 5 isdrawn downward, to be brought upon the top side of the heel or arm 3' soas to turn the hammer back to cock, which is caught and retained therebythe end of the spring which engages with the bent.

The following is a further elucidation of the action of thecylinder-stops: The function of the stops is to hold the cylinders attwo points and at one point on the return of the trigger. The No. 2 stopconsists of a jointed limb Z, 5 turning upon the same pin as the triggerand with an abutment 79 against which it comes and rests on the firstpulling of the trigger, and from which it again recedes to its normalposition within the No.2 cylinder-stop recess on the said trigger beingfully pulled home. The under side of the stop has flats Z Z upon whichthe free end of a spring in respectively takes on the trigger changingits position. Thus the initial pulling of the trigger 5 5 carries thestop Z with it until its curved front part rests against the abutment 19when the continued movement of the trigger and spring takes the free endof the said spring from the fiat Z to the flat Z which thereby causesthe stop to fly back into its original position; and, further, thereturn of the trigger on pressure being relieved from it allows thetrigger to be returned to its normal position and the spring to againtake upon the flat Z of the stop Z, as

represented in Fig. 1.

a is the free-moving cylinder, turning upon a pivot-axis and workingwithin a rectanguheld by the second cylinder-stop Z.

lower end is jointedly connected to the rear top side 72 of thetrigger-blade 7L2, as before, by the arm 6 while the stay i is hooked atits lower end and marked i and upon which hooked part the free end ofthe standside limb i of the mainspring i rests, so that the turningrearwardly of the trigger by pulling the shoulder 7i thereof pressesupward the said spring-limb and stay together, which causes the head ito come against the shoulderj of the gap j of the hammer j, as before.The stay i has an in flexible rod i for the keeping of the same inposition.

The pulling of the trigger raises the lifter,

takes the stop Z out of the stop-recess g and the stop 7L5 into the stoprecess f, lifts the stay i and compresses the spring i, causes the headof the stay to press itself upon the rear of the hammer, so as to leverthe end of the top side limb out of the bent, which when relieved causesthe hammer to fall. The releasing of the trigger allows the parts toresume their normal positions and the stop Z to again pass into itscylinder stop recess g. Thus the cylinder-recess stop Zis forked at itslower end and adapted to bind within a recess h of the trigger-blade, sothat on the trigger being pulled this said stop is taken -out of thecylinder-recess g, and on coming against the abutment Z)? it is thereretained until the return of the trigger, when they both again movetogether.

In this modification the arm on firing is only held by onecylinder-stopviz., h and when in its normal position, as in Fig. 8, itisThus it will be observed that the said cylinder-stop Z is carried to andfro by its forked parts binding within the recess h of the trigger.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. In a concealed-hammer revolver, thecombination, with the frame-abutment and a cylinder having two series ofstop-reeesses f g, of a trigger h, provided with stops 7L5 Z, andspring, said stop Z being pivotally secured to said trigger and formedwith facets Z Z whereby said cylinder is held at two points by the stops7L5 Zwhen the arm is being fired and but at one point when the triggeris normal.

2. In a concealed-hammer revolver, the combination, with the cylinder,haminer, and

.trigger, and the operating mechanism thereof,

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bent on the lower end of the hammer and to throw the hammer forward,substantially as described.

3. In a concealed-hammer revolver, the combination, with the cylinder,trigger, and niainspring, the latter being pivoted to the frame of therevolver, of the hammer j, having arm j and gap 7' and the stay i 'L',attached to the lower leaf of said spring and engaging with said hammer,substantially as described.

4. In a concealed hammer revolver, the combination, with the cylinder,trigger, hammer, and mainspring, the latterbeing pivoted by one of itsleaves to the frame of the revolver, of the stay if i, attached to thelower leaf of the mainspring and engaging with the hammer, substantiallyas described.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing We have hereunto set our hands.JOHN CARTER. \VILLIAM JOHN WHITING. Vitnesses:

HENRY SKERRITT, MILES E. HUGHES,

Both of Birmingham.

